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What Happens to Divorce Debts in Bankruptcy?

Debts in the nature of support of child or former spouse are not discharged in either chapter 7 or 13 bankruptcy. What about property settlement debts?  If the divorce decree contains a hold harmless obligation that makes one spouse indemnify the other spouse, then the hold harmess oglibation is a separate debt to the spouse…

Walking Away from the House

Cathy Moran, my blogging colleague on the Mortgage Law Network, discusses whether you should prevent foreclosure and keep the house.  Walking away from the house is one solution for a homeowner who can’t afford to repay the mortgage loan balance and the house is worth at least as much as you owe.  A deficiency judgment,…

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